The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-02-03

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nothing Of his body.
81 knew man in Christ above
fourteen years ago, (whelher in the
body, | cannot tell or whether out
of the body ! cannot tell; God
knoweth } such n one caught ur
to the third heaven"
1t may have been that his SOU
separated from his body wa:
caught up TO heaven, or body and
soul together were caught up, he
did not know but of this he wa.
certain that row he did not know
things through or by means of the
body. as he bad hitherto a body
was no care 10 him in paradise he
was in perfect soul enjoyment. Tc
have Paul however consistent with
himself it is we'll TO believe thai
his body as flesh and blood did moi
enter heaven, for he has taught thai
flesh and blood can no, inherit thf
kingdom of God q Cors. xy; so,
There follows the iact of the separ-
bleness of the body and
soul. an event which takes place al
death, the body returning to the
dust whence it was taken and The
soul to God who gave it.
I And it follows also from the mol
entrance Of flesh and blood INTO the
kingdom Of God, supplemented by
the light from The experience o
Paul when he Sns caught up I,
heaven that the consciousness anf
sensibllIty OF the soul are not de-
pendent apon the sensual organs.
If as Paul says. whether in the
body or out OF the body. 1 cannot
tell ;" still he was certain, he was
conscious, that he heard unspeak-
able words. If the gross material
the brain through wtict his soul
had wrought, when before Felix,
''he reasoned of righteousness. tenn.
perance, and judgment to come,'
was not caught up to heaven, he
was nevertheless conscious of in.
teIlicent mental Impressions, and Of
the issue of his mind in valid con
clusions, for "he heard unspeak
able words which it is not lawful for
man tc utter"
If it be the truth. and history
can not deny it, that as christiani-
aniIy has elevated man, and so ad-
jasted him TO his surroundings that
the spiritual powers have more and
more asserted their supremacy
over I he material, there can be no
human estimate Of what mans
soul could do un:mpeded ky feshy
organs. 1t would appear that there
must be place where no longer
so impeded the infinite possibilities
of the soul may have the freest
range.
That place is heaven.
8. Paul's man, which is simply
his impersonal way OF speaking
about himself, who was caught up
To heaven was Of certain particu-
lar sort. "SacL a ore," he says,
was caught up to the third heav-
ca" and again he says, II knew
suck a mar, how that he was
caught up into paradise"
1t was a man, then, defined from
other men and SO looking for that
which gavo him his distinction.
we find it in these words ::
Il knew man in Christ,
the man was a christian how that
he was caught up INTO Paradise y"
His being in Christ Indicates that
he was "in the great genera! fellow
ship of the common faith.' A man,
and man in Christ are two as much
unlike as the proud Pharisee Saul
was unlike the humble christian
Paul. A ma1, simply as such, does
not go 10 heaven: while q man in
Christ will not fail of heaven. A
man in Christ is new creature, he
is vitally entitled to the true and
only source of life giving spirit,
which works within him such q
character as will allow of marked
dispensation of grace towards him
at any time, and when he dies lie is
caught up TO heaven.
A man in Christ is united to the
source of eternal life, and shall new
er see death.
Through that union he realizes
peace with God, for thereby the
Righteousness of Christ Is made
available 10 him. And that righte
BUSINESS is the garment of heaven.
And again, through the union he
is enabled to achieve a charaei er,
of the kind in which alone heaven
ca n be enjoyed.
The man in Christ is the man of
aspiring and enduring hope. Moth
ing can separate hln from the love
Of Christ. Not death. At death
The man In Christ Is caught up
where Christ is.
"To be with Christ, t. taste his love,
Is the full heavon enjoyed abo,Te-n